"""Beautiful Soup
Elixir and Tonic
"The Screen-Scraper's Friend"
v2.0.3
http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/
Beautiful Soup parses arbitrarily invalid XML- or HTML-like substance
into a tree representation. It provides methods and Pythonic idioms
that make it easy to search and modify the tree.
A well-formed XML/HTML document will yield a well-formed data
structure. An ill-formed XML/HTML document will yield a
correspondingly ill-formed data structure. If your document is only
locally well-formed, you can use this library to find and process the
well-formed part of it. The BeautifulSoup class has heuristics for
obtaining a sensible parse tree in the face of common HTML errors.
Beautiful Soup has no external dependencies. It works with Python 2.2
and up.
Beautiful Soup defines classes for four different parsing strategies:
* BeautifulStoneSoup, for parsing XML, SGML, or your domain-specific
language that kind of looks like XML.
* BeautifulSoup, for parsing run-of-the-mill HTML code, be it valid
or invalid.
* ICantBelieveItsBeautifulSoup, for parsing valid but bizarre HTML
that trips up BeautifulSoup.
* BeautifulSOAP, for making it easier to parse XML documents that use
lots of subelements containing a single string, where you'd prefer
they put that string into an attribute (such as SOAP messages).
You can subclass BeautifulStoneSoup or BeautifulSoup to create a
parsing strategy specific to an XML schema or a particular bizarre
HTML document. Typically your subclass would just override
SELF_CLOSING_TAGS and/or NESTABLE_TAGS.
"""
__author__ = "Leonard Richardson (leonardr@segfault.org)"
__version__ = "2.0.3"
__date__ = "$Date: 2004/10/18 00:14:20 $"
__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Leonard Richardson"
__license__ = "PSF"
from sgmllib import SGMLParser, SGMLParseError
import types
import re
import sgmllib
#This code makes Beautiful Soup able to parse XML with namespaces
sgmllib.tagfind = re.compile('[a-zA-Z][-_.:a-zA-Z0-9]*')
class NullType(object):
"""Similar to NoneType with a corresponding singleton instance
'Null' that, unlike None, accepts any message and returns itself.
Examples:
>>> Null("send", "a", "message")("and one more",
... "and what you get still") is Null
True
"""
def __new__(cls): return Null
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs): return Null
## def __getstate__(self, *args): return Null
def __getattr__(self, attr): return Null
def __getitem__(self, item): return Null
def __setattr__(self, attr, value): pass
def __setitem__(self, item, value): pass
def __len__(self): return 0
# FIXME: is this a python bug? otherwise ``for x in Null: pass``
# never terminates...
def __iter__(self): return iter([])
def __contains__(self, item): return False
def __repr__(self): return "Null"
Null = object.__new__(NullType)
class PageElement:
"""Contains the navigational information for some part of the page
(either a tag or a piece of text)"""
def setup(self, parent=Null, previous=Null):
"""Sets up the initial relations between this element and
other elements."""
self.parent = parent
self.previous = previous
self.next = Null
self.previousSibling = Null
self.nextSibling = Null
if self.parent and self.parent.contents:
self.previousSibling = self.parent.contents[-1]
self.previousSibling.nextSibling = self
class NavigableText(PageElement):
def __getattr__(self, attr):
"For backwards compatibility, text.string gives you text"
if attr == 'string':
return self
else:
raise AttributeError, "'%s' object has no attribute '%s'" % (self.__class__.__name__, attr)
class NavigableString(str, NavigableText):
pass
class NavigableUnicodeString(unicode, NavigableText):
pass
class Tag(PageElement):
"""Represents a found HTML tag with its attributes and contents."""
def __init__(self, name, attrs=[], parent=Null, previous=Null):
"Basic constructor."
self.name = name
self.attrs = attrs
self.contents = []
self.setup(parent, previous)
self.hidden = False
def get(self, key, default=None):
"""Returns the value of the 'key' attribute for the tag, or
the value given for 'default' if it doesn't have that
attribute."""
return self._getAttrMap().get(key, default)
def __getitem__(self, key):
"""tag[key] returns the value of the 'key' attribute for the tag,
and throws an exception if it's not there."""
return self._getAttrMap()[key]
def __iter__(self):
"Iterating over a tag iterates over its contents."
return iter(self.contents)
def __len__(self):
"The length of a tag is the length of its list of contents."
return len(self.contents)
def __contains__(self, x):
return x in self.contents
def __nonzero__(self):
"A tag is non-None even if it has no contents."
return True
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
"""Setting tag[key] sets the value of the 'key' attribute for the
tag."""
self._getAttrMap()
self.attrMap[key] = value
found = False
for i in range(0, len(self.attrs)):
if self.attrs[i][0] == key:
self.attrs[i] = (key, value)
found = True
if not found:
self.attrs.append((key, value))
self._getAttrMap()[key] = value
def __delitem__(self, key):
"Deleting tag[key] deletes all 'key' attributes for the tag."
for item in self.attrs:
if item[0] == key:
self.attrs.remove(item)
#We don't break because bad HTML can define the same
#attribute multiple times.
self._getAttrMap()
if self.attrMap.has_key(key):
del self.attrMap[key]
def __call__(self, *args):
"""Calling a tag like a function is the same as calling its
fetch() method. Eg. tag('a') returns a list of all the A tags
found within this tag."""
return apply(self.fetch, args)
def __getattr__(self, tag):
if len(tag) > 3 and tag.rfind('Tag') == len(tag)-3:
return self.first(tag[:-3])
elif tag.find('__') != 0:
return self.first(tag)
def __eq__(self, other):
"""Returns true iff this tag has the same name, the same attributes,
and the same contents (recursively) as the given tag.
NOTE: right now this will return false if two tags have the
same attributes in a different order. Should this be fixed?"""
if not hasattr(other, 'name') or not hasattr(other, 'attrs') or not hasattr(other, 'contents') or self.name != other.name or self.attrs != other.attrs or len(self) != len(other):
return False
for i in range(0, len(self.contents)):
if self.contents[i] != other.contents[i]:
return False
return True
def __ne__(self, other):
"""Returns true iff this tag is not identical to the other tag,
as defined in __eq__."""
return not self == other
def __repr__(self):
"""Renders this tag as a string."""
return str(self)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.__str__(1)
def __str__(self, needUnicode=None, showStructureIndent=None):
"""Returns a string or Unicode representation of this tag and
its contents.
NOTE: since Python's HTML parser consumes whitespace, this
method is not certain to reproduce the whitespace present in
the original string."""
attrs = []
if self.attrs:
for key, val in self.attrs:
attrs.append('%s="%s"' % (key, val))
close = ''
closeTag = ''
if self.isSelfClosing():
close = ' /'
else:
closeTag = '%s>' % self.name
indentIncrement = None
if showStructureIndent != None:
indentIncrement = showStructureIndent
if not self.hidden:
indentIncrement += 1
contents = self.renderContents(indentIncrement, needUnicode=needUnicode)
if showStructureIndent:
space = '\n%s' % (' ' * showStructureIndent)
if self.hidden:
s = contents
else:
s = []
attributeString = ''
if attrs:
attributeString = ' ' + ' '.join(attrs)
if showStructureIndent:
s.append(space)
s.append('' % (self.name, attributeString, close))
s.append(contents)
if closeTag and showStructureIndent != None:
s.append(space)
s.append(closeTag)
s = ''.join(s)
isUnicode = type(s) == types.UnicodeType
if needUnicode and not isUnicode:
s = unicode(s)
elif isUnicode and needUnicode==False:
s = str(s)
return s
def prettify(self, needUnicode=None):
return self.__str__(needUnicode, showStructureIndent=True)
def renderContents(self, showStructureIndent=None, needUnicode=None):
"""Renders the contents of this tag as a (possibly Unicode)
string."""
s=[]
for c in self:
text = None
if isinstance(c, NavigableUnicodeString) or type(c) == types.UnicodeType:
text = unicode(c)
elif isinstance(c, Tag):
s.append(c.__str__(needUnicode, showStructureIndent))
elif needUnicode:
text = unicode(c)
else:
text = str(c)
if text:
if showStructureIndent != None:
if text[-1] == '\n':
text = text[:-1]
s.append(text)
return ''.join(s)
#Soup methods
def fetchText(self, text, recursive=True):
"""Convenience method to retrieve the first piece of text matching the
given criteria. 'text' can be a string, a regular expression object,
or a callable that takes a string and returns whether or not the
string 'matches'."""
return self.fetch(recursive=recursive, text=text)
def firstText(self, text, recursive=True):
"""Convenience method to retrieve all pieces of text matching the
given criteria. 'text' can be a string, a regular expression object,
or a callable that takes a string and returns whether or not the
string 'matches'."""
return self.first(recursive=recursive, text=text)
def first(self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None):
"""Convenience method to return only the first tag matching
the given criteria."""
r = Null
l = self.fetch(name, attrs, recursive, text)
if l:
r = l[0]
return r
def fetch(self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=1, text=None):
"""Extracts a list of Tag objects that match the given
criteria. You can specify the name of the Tag and any
attributes you want the Tag to have.
The value of a key-value pair in the 'attrs' map can be a
string, a list of strings, a regular expression object, or a
callable that takes a string and returns whether or not the
string matches for some custom definition of 'matches'. The
same is true of the tag name."""
if not hasattr(attrs, 'items'):
attrs = {'class' : attrs}
results = []
for i in self:
if isinstance(i, Tag):
if not text:
if not name or self._matches(i, name):
match = True
for attr, matchAgainst in attrs.items():
check = i.get(attr)
if not self._matches(check, matchAgainst):
match = False
break
if match:
results.append(i)
if recursive:
results.extend(i.fetch(name, attrs, recursive, text))
elif text:
if self._matches(i, text):
results.append(i)
return results
#Utility methods
def isSelfClosing(self):
"""Returns true iff this is a self-closing tag as defined in the HTML
standard.
TODO: This is specific to BeautifulSoup and its subclasses, but it's
used by __str__"""
return self.name in BeautifulSoup.SELF_CLOSING_TAGS
def append(self, tag):
"""Appends the given tag to the contents of this tag."""
self.contents.append(tag)
#Private methods
def _getAttrMap(self):
"""Initializes a map representation of this tag's attributes,
if not already initialized."""
if not getattr(self, 'attrMap'):
self.attrMap = {}
for (key, value) in self.attrs:
self.attrMap[key] = value
return self.attrMap
def _matches(self, chunk, howToMatch):
#print 'looking for %s in %s' % (howToMatch, chunk)
#
# If given a list of items, return true if the list contains a
# text element that matches.
if isList(chunk) and not isinstance(chunk, Tag):
for tag in chunk:
if isinstance(tag, NavigableText) and self._matches(tag, howToMatch):
return True
return False
if callable(howToMatch):
return howToMatch(chunk)
if isinstance(chunk, Tag):
#Custom match methods take the tag as an argument, but all other
#ways of matching match the tag name as a string
chunk = chunk.name
#Now we know that chunk is a string
if not type(chunk) in types.StringTypes:
chunk = str(chunk)
if hasattr(howToMatch, 'match'):
# It's a regexp object.
return howToMatch.search(chunk)
if isList(howToMatch):
return chunk in howToMatch
if hasattr(howToMatch, 'items'):
return howToMatch.has_key(chunk)
#It's just a string
return str(howToMatch) == chunk
def isList(l):
"""Convenience method that works with all 2.x versions of Python
to determine whether or not something is listlike."""
return hasattr(l, '__iter__') \
or (type(l) in (types.ListType, types.TupleType))
def buildTagMap(default, *args):
"""Turns a list of maps, lists, or scalars into a single map.
Used to build the SELF_CLOSING_TAGS and NESTABLE_TAGS maps out
of lists and partial maps."""
built = {}
for portion in args:
if hasattr(portion, 'items'):
#It's a map. Merge it.
for k,v in portion.items():
built[k] = v
elif isList(portion):
#It's a list. Map each item to the default.
for k in portion:
built[k] = default
else:
#It's a scalar. Map it to the default.
built[portion] = default
return built
class BeautifulStoneSoup(Tag, SGMLParser):
"""This class contains the basic parser and fetch code. It defines
a parser that knows nothing about tag behavior except for the
following:
You can't close a tag without closing all the tags it encloses.
That is, "" actually means
"".
[Another possible explanation is "", but since
this class defines no SELF_CLOSING_TAGS, it will never use that
explanation.]
This class is useful for parsing XML or made-up markup languages,
or when BeautifulSoup makes an assumption counter to what you were
expecting."""
SELF_CLOSING_TAGS = {}
NESTABLE_TAGS = {}
QUOTE_TAGS = {}
#As a public service we will by default silently replace MS smart quotes
#and similar characters with their HTML or ASCII equivalents.
MS_CHARS = { '\x80' : 'euro',
'\x81' : ' ',
'\x82' : 'sbquo',
'\x83' : 'fnof',
'\x84' : 'bdquo',
'\x85' : 'hellip',
'\x86' : 'dagger',
'\x87' : 'Dagger',
'\x88' : 'caret',
'\x89' : '%',
'\x8A' : 'Scaron',
'\x8B' : 'lt;',
'\x8C' : 'OElig',
'\x8D' : '?',
'\x8E' : 'Z',
'\x8F' : '?',
'\x90' : '?',
'\x91' : 'lsquo',
'\x92' : 'rsquo',
'\x93' : 'ldquo',
'\x94' : 'rdquo',
'\x95' : 'bull',
'\x96' : 'ndash',
'\x97' : 'mdash',
'\x98' : 'tilde',
'\x99' : 'trade',
'\x9a' : 'scaron',
'\x9b' : 'gt',
'\x9c' : 'oelig',
'\x9d' : '?',
'\x9e' : 'z',
'\x9f' : 'Yuml',}
PARSER_MASSAGE = [(re.compile('(]*)/>'),
lambda(x):x.group(1) + ' />'),
(re.compile(']*)>'),
lambda(x):''),
(re.compile("([\x80-\x9f])", re.M),
lambda(x): '&' + BeautifulStoneSoup.MS_CHARS.get(x.group(1)) + ';')
]
ROOT_TAG_NAME = '[document]'
def __init__(self, text=None, avoidParserProblems=True,
initialTextIsEverything=True):
"""Initialize this as the 'root tag' and feed in any text to
the parser.
NOTE about avoidParserProblems: sgmllib will process most bad
HTML, and BeautifulSoup has tricks for dealing with some HTML
that kills sgmllib, but Beautiful Soup can nonetheless choke
or lose data if your data uses self-closing tags or
declarations incorrectly. By default, Beautiful Soup sanitizes
its input to avoid the vast majority of these problems. The
problems are relatively rare, even in bad HTML, so feel free
to pass in False to avoidParserProblems if they don't apply to
you, and you'll get better performance. The only reason I have
this turned on by default is so I don't get so many tech
support questions.
The two most common instances of invalid HTML that will choke
sgmllib are fixed by the default parser massage techniques:
(No space between name of closing tag and tag close)
(Extraneous whitespace in declaration)
You can pass in a custom list of (RE object, replace method)
tuples to get Beautiful Soup to scrub your input the way you
want."""
Tag.__init__(self, self.ROOT_TAG_NAME)
if avoidParserProblems \
and not isList(avoidParserProblems):
avoidParserProblems = self.PARSER_MASSAGE
self.avoidParserProblems = avoidParserProblems
SGMLParser.__init__(self)
self.quoteStack = []
self.hidden = 1
self.reset()
if hasattr(text, 'read'):
#It's a file-type object.
text = text.read()
if text:
self.feed(text)
if initialTextIsEverything:
self.done()
def __getattr__(self, methodName):
"""This method routes method call requests to either the SGMLParser
superclass or the Tag superclass, depending on the method name."""
if methodName.find('start_') == 0 or methodName.find('end_') == 0 \
or methodName.find('do_') == 0:
return SGMLParser.__getattr__(self, methodName)
elif methodName.find('__') != 0:
return Tag.__getattr__(self, methodName)
else:
raise AttributeError
def feed(self, text):
if self.avoidParserProblems:
for fix, m in self.avoidParserProblems:
text = fix.sub(m, text)
SGMLParser.feed(self, text)
self.endData()
def done(self):
"""Called when you're done parsing, so that the unclosed tags can be
correctly processed."""
while self.currentTag.name != self.ROOT_TAG_NAME:
self.popTag()
def reset(self):
SGMLParser.reset(self)
self.currentData = []
self.currentTag = None
self.tagStack = []
self.pushTag(self)
def popTag(self):
tag = self.tagStack.pop()
# Tags with just one string-owning child get the child as a
# 'string' property, so that soup.tag.string is shorthand for
# soup.tag.contents[0]
if len(self.currentTag.contents) == 1 and \
isinstance(self.currentTag.contents[0], NavigableText):
self.currentTag.string = self.currentTag.contents[0]
#print "Pop", tag.name
if self.tagStack:
self.currentTag = self.tagStack[-1]
return self.currentTag
def pushTag(self, tag):
#print "Push", tag.name
if self.currentTag:
self.currentTag.append(tag)
self.tagStack.append(tag)
self.currentTag = self.tagStack[-1]
def endData(self):
currentData = ''.join(self.currentData)
if currentData:
if not currentData.strip():
if '\n' in currentData:
currentData = '\n'
else:
currentData = ' '
c = NavigableString
if type(currentData) == types.UnicodeType:
c = NavigableUnicodeString
o = c(currentData)
o.setup(self.currentTag, self.previous)
if self.previous:
self.previous.next = o
self.previous = o
self.currentTag.contents.append(o)
self.currentData = []
def _popToTag(self, name, inclusivePop=True):
"""Pops the tag stack up to and including the most recent
instance of the given tag. If inclusivePop is false, pops the tag
stack up to but *not* including the most recent instqance of
the given tag."""
if name == self.ROOT_TAG_NAME:
return
#print "Pop to tag", name
numPops = 0
mostRecentTag = None
for i in range(len(self.tagStack)-1, 0, -1):
if name == self.tagStack[i].name:
numPops = len(self.tagStack)-i
break
if not inclusivePop:
numPops = numPops - 1
for i in range(0, numPops):
mostRecentTag = self.popTag()
return mostRecentTag
def _smartPop(self, name):
"""We need to pop up to the previous tag of this type, unless
one of this tag's nesting reset triggers comes between this
tag and the previous tag of this type, OR unless this tag is a
generic nesting trigger and another generic nesting trigger
comes between this tag and the previous tag of this type.
Examples:

FooBar

should pop to 'p', not 'b'.

Foo

Bar

should pop to 'table', not 'p'.

Foo

Bar

should pop to 'tr', not 'p'.

FooBar

should pop to 'p', not 'b'.

*

* should pop to 'ul', not the first 'li'.

*

* should pop to 'table', not the first 'tr'

*

* should pop to 'tr', not the first 'td'
"""
nestingResetTriggers = self.NESTABLE_TAGS.get(name)
isNestable = nestingResetTriggers != None
isResetNesting = self.RESET_NESTING_TAGS.has_key(name)
popTo = None
inclusive = True
for i in range(len(self.tagStack)-1, 0, -1):
p = self.tagStack[i]
if (not p or p.name == name) and not isNestable:
#Non-nestable tags get popped to the top or to their
#last occurance.
popTo = name
break
if (nestingResetTriggers != None
and p.name in nestingResetTriggers) \
or (nestingResetTriggers == None and isResetNesting
and self.RESET_NESTING_TAGS.has_key(p.name)):
#If we encounter one of the nesting reset triggers
#peculiar to this tag, or we encounter another tag
#that causes nesting to reset, pop up to but not
#including that tag.
popTo = p.name
inclusive = False
break
p = p.parent
if popTo:
self._popToTag(popTo, inclusive)
def unknown_starttag(self, name, attrs, selfClosing=0):
if self.quoteStack:
#This is not a real tag.
#print " is not real!" % name
attrs = ''.join(map(lambda(x, y): ' %s="%s"' % (x, y), attrs))
self.handle_data('' % (name, attrs))
return
self.endData()
if not name in self.SELF_CLOSING_TAGS and not selfClosing:
self._smartPop(name)
tag = Tag(name, attrs, self.currentTag, self.previous)
if self.previous:
self.previous.next = tag
self.previous = tag
self.pushTag(tag)
if selfClosing or name in self.SELF_CLOSING_TAGS:
self.popTag()
if name in self.QUOTE_TAGS:
#print "Beginning quote (%s)" % name
self.quoteStack.append(name)
def unknown_endtag(self, name):
if self.quoteStack and self.quoteStack[-1] != name:
#This is not a real end tag.
#print "%s> is not real!" % name
self.handle_data('%s>' % name)
return
self.endData()
self._popToTag(name)
if self.quoteStack and self.quoteStack[-1] == name:
self.quoteStack.pop()
def handle_data(self, data):
self.currentData.append(data)
def handle_pi(self, text):
"Propagate processing instructions right through."
self.handle_data("%s>" % text)
def handle_comment(self, text):
"Propagate comments right through."
self.handle_data("" % text)
def handle_charref(self, ref):
"Propagate char refs right through."
self.handle_data('%s;' % ref)
def handle_entityref(self, ref):
"Propagate entity refs right through."
self.handle_data('&%s;' % ref)
def handle_decl(self, data):
"Propagate DOCTYPEs and the like right through."
self.handle_data('' % data)
def parse_declaration(self, i):
"""Treat a bogus SGML declaration as raw data. Treat a CDATA
declaration as regular data."""
j = None
if self.rawdata[i:i+9] == '', i)
if k == -1:
k = len(self.rawdata)
self.handle_data(self.rawdata[i+9:k])
j = k+3
else:
try:
j = SGMLParser.parse_declaration(self, i)
except SGMLParseError:
toHandle = self.rawdata[i:]
self.handle_data(toHandle)
j = i + len(toHandle)
return j
class BeautifulSoup(BeautifulStoneSoup):
"""This parser knows the following facts about HTML:
* Some tags have no closing tag and should be interpreted as being
closed as soon as they are encountered.
* The text inside some tags (ie. 'script') may contain tags which
are not really part of the document and which should be parsed
as text, not tags. If you want to parse the text as tags, you can
always fetch it and parse it explicitly.
* Tag nesting rules:
Most tags can't be nested at all. For instance, the occurance of
a

tag should implicitly close the previous

tag.

Para1

Para2
should be transformed into:

Para1

Para2
Some tags can be nested arbitrarily. For instance, the occurance
of a

tag should _not_ implicitly close the previous

tag.
Alice said:

Bob said:

Blah
should NOT be transformed into:
Alice said:

Bob said:

Blah
Some tags can be nested, but the nesting is reset by the
interposition of other tags. For instance, a

tag should
implicitly close the previous

tag within the same

,
but not close a

tag in another table.

Blah

Blah
should be transformed into:

Blah

Blah
but,

Blah

Blah
should NOT be transformed into

Blah

Blah
Differing assumptions about tag nesting rules are a major source
of problems with the BeautifulSoup class. If BeautifulSoup is not
treating as nestable a tag your page author treats as nestable,
try ICantBelieveItsBeautifulSoup before writing your own
subclass."""
SELF_CLOSING_TAGS = buildTagMap(None, ['br' , 'hr', 'input', 'img', 'meta',
'spacer', 'link', 'frame'])
QUOTE_TAGS = {'script': None}
#According to the HTML standard, each of these inline tags can
#contain another tag of the same type. Furthermore, it's common
#to actually use these tags this way.
NESTABLE_INLINE_TAGS = ['span', 'font', 'q', 'object', 'bdo', 'sub', 'sup',
'center']
#According to the HTML standard, these block tags can contain
#another tag of the same type. Furthermore, it's common
#to actually use these tags this way.
NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS = ['blockquote', 'div', 'fieldset', 'ins', 'del']
#Lists can contain other lists, but there are restrictions.
NESTABLE_LIST_TAGS = { 'ol' : [],
'ul' : [],
'li' : ['ul', 'ol'],
'dl' : [],
'dd' : ['dl'],
'dt' : ['dl'] }
#Tables can contain other tables, but there are restrictions.
NESTABLE_TABLE_TAGS = {'table' : ['tr', 'td'], #Not sure about this one.
'tr' : ['table'],
'td' : ['tr'],
'th' : ['tr'],
}
NON_NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS = ['address', 'form', 'p', 'pre']
#If one of these tags is encountered, all tags up to the next tag of
#this type are popped.
RESET_NESTING_TAGS = buildTagMap(None, NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS, 'noscript',
NON_NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS,
NESTABLE_LIST_TAGS,
NESTABLE_TABLE_TAGS)
NESTABLE_TAGS = buildTagMap([], NESTABLE_INLINE_TAGS, NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS,
NESTABLE_LIST_TAGS, NESTABLE_TABLE_TAGS)
class ICantBelieveItsBeautifulSoup(BeautifulSoup):
"""The BeautifulSoup class is oriented towards skipping over
common HTML errors like unclosed tags. However, sometimes it makes
errors of its own. For instance, consider this fragment:
FooBar
This is perfectly valid (if bizarre) HTML. However, the
BeautifulSoup class will implicitly close the first b tag when it
encounters the second 'b'. It will think the author wrote
"FooBar", and didn't close the first 'b' tag, because
there's no real-world reason to bold something that's already
bold. When it encounters '' it will close two more 'b'
tags, for a grand total of three tags closed instead of two. This
can throw off the rest of your document structure. The same is
true of a number of other tags, listed below.
It's much more common for someone to forget to close (eg.) a 'b'
tag than to actually use nested 'b' tags, and the BeautifulSoup
class handles the common case. This class handles the
not-co-common case: where you can't believe someone wrote what
they did, but it's valid HTML and BeautifulSoup screwed up by
assuming it wouldn't be.
If this doesn't do what you need, try subclassing this class or
BeautifulSoup, and providing your own list of NESTABLE_TAGS."""
I_CANT_BELIEVE_THEYRE_NESTABLE_INLINE_TAGS = \
['em', 'big', 'i', 'small', 'tt', 'abbr', 'acronym', 'strong',
'cite', 'code', 'dfn', 'kbd', 'samp', 'strong', 'var', 'b',
'big']
I_CANT_BELIEVE_THEYRE_NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS = ['noscript']
NESTABLE_TAGS = buildTagMap([], BeautifulSoup.NESTABLE_TAGS,
I_CANT_BELIEVE_THEYRE_NESTABLE_BLOCK_TAGS,
I_CANT_BELIEVE_THEYRE_NESTABLE_INLINE_TAGS)
class BeautifulSOAP(BeautifulStoneSoup):
"""This class will push a tag with only a single string child into
the tag's parent as an attribute. The attribute's name is the tag
name, and the value is the string child. An example should give
the flavor of the change:
baz
=>
baz
You can then access fooTag['bar'] instead of fooTag.barTag.string.
This is, of course, useful for scraping structures that tend to
use subelements instead of attributes, such as SOAP messages. Note
that it modifies its input, so don't print the modified version
out.
I'm not sure how many people really want to use this class; let me
know if you do. Mainly I like the name."""
def popTag(self):
if len(self.tagStack) > 1:
tag = self.tagStack[-1]
parent = self.tagStack[-2]
parent._getAttrMap()
if (isinstance(tag, Tag) and len(tag.contents) == 1 and
isinstance(tag.contents[0], NavigableText) and
not parent.attrMap.has_key(tag.name)):
parent[tag.name] = tag.contents[0]
BeautifulStoneSoup.popTag(self)
#Enterprise class names! It has come to our attention that some people
#think the names of the Beautiful Soup parser classes are too silly
#and "unprofessional" for use in enterprise screen-scraping. We feel
#your pain! For such-minded folk, the Beautiful Soup Consortium And
#All-Night Kosher Bakery recommends renaming this file to
#"RobustParser.py" (or, in cases of extreme enterprisitude,
#"RobustParserBeanInterface.class") and using the following
#enterprise-friendly class aliases:
class RobustXMLParser(BeautifulStoneSoup):
pass
class RobustHTMLParser(BeautifulSoup):
pass
class RobustWackAssHTMLParser(ICantBelieveItsBeautifulSoup):
pass
class SimplifyingSOAPParser(BeautifulSOAP):
pass
###
#By default, act as an HTML pretty-printer.
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
soup = BeautifulSoup(sys.stdin.read())
print soup.prettify()